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White House Petition Aims To Stop The Javascript Scourge
InformationWeek ^
| 3/27/2016
| Curtis Franklin Jr.
Posted on 03/27/2016 5:24:31 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
Some programming languages are so bad, so dangerous, that the full weight of the US federal government must be brought to bear on ending their use. That's the premise of a petition now seeking signatures at the "We the People" section of the White House web site.
The petition, entered on the site March 16, 2016, asks the government to, "Outlaw programming languages that threaten the safety of the American people and work counter to our way of life." The petitioner is even kind enough to provide examples of these evil and dangerous languages.
Which programming languages deserve the fate normally reserved for terrorists and drug pushers? Javascript, Ruby, and Java are called out by name. According to the petition, "
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I didn't see Python. I like it. Javascript is pretty crazy. A language only a liberal could love, no rules, scatter crap all over the place and see what happens.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Java should be at the top of the list. It’s just plain evil.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:26:20 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I’m thinkin’ the worst language scourge is that promulgated in the Federal Register.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:28:50 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Yes, we will ask the government to outlaw speech whichis exactly what this does.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
While we are at it, can we ban COBOL?
I do have sympathy for banning Javascript. Too many websites that I go to have too much crap that moves all over the place or their use of javascript allows them to make the webpage impossible to navigate and find information.
This is one of the worst offenders in my opinion.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:36:30 PM PDT
by
ronnietherocket3
(Mary is understood by the heart, not study of scripture.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Java should be at the top of the list. Its just plain evil. Proper name: SlowJava.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:42:19 PM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I’d say “C” is the worst. It’s ugly and you can do everything bad to your computer you’d desire.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:42:43 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
The petition, entered on the site March 16, 2016, asks the government to, "Outlaw programming languages that threaten the safety of the American people and work counter to our way of life." Duh. That is EVERY computer programming language. EVERY ONE OF THEM.
Much like a gun, it is not the tool, it is the evil intent of a bad guy.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:45:00 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Just ban crappy programmers.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:45:31 PM PDT
by
NCjim
(Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
To: ronnietherocket3
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:46:38 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
No delegated power given the federal to ban any domestically grown, produced or manufactured good.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:46:58 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
1. Install NoScript; enable scripting only when you totally trust the site
2. Disable Flash
3. Disable Java
4. Disable HTML in email, read all email as plain text.
5. Don't open any email attachment unless you already know what it is
6. Don't run any executable unless it if from a source you'd trust your computers life with. Because you are.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:50:53 PM PDT
by
867V309
(It's over. It's over now.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
LISP is the only pure language, ban everything else. Especially Smalltalk and Ada.
/s
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:52:06 PM PDT
by
Vic S
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Whatever happened to PHP, MySQL, and Apache? I knew those. Now I feel old.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:52:13 PM PDT
by
lafroste
To: Lazamataz
It’s all 0s and 1s in the end.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:53:55 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
If we are getting rid of languages, can Spanish be next?
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:54:34 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking, but I know what I'm thinking.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:55:26 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
To: lafroste
Anyone who likes PHP is a fan of thrown Scrabble tiles.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:55:58 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
To: lafroste
“Whatever happened to PHP, MySQL, and Apache? I knew those. Now I feel old.”
That’s a little thing called WordPress.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:56:03 PM PDT
by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: Vic S
LISP is stupid. I hated that damn course in college. CAR CAR CDR CDR CAR CAR *THIS*.
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posted on
03/27/2016 5:56:46 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Islam is rabies. Anyone infected needs to be put down like a dog.)
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